Phuket Hostels

The staff were super friendly and helpful. Their pet cats and dogs were super friendly and cute. The location is near to some nice restaurants but is a 15 minute walk from the beach. The rooms were nice, big and very clean too! The beds were very big. They did a very good job cleaning and also got us a good price for the taxi to the airport - 800 baht when other taxis charge 1000 baht to tourists.

My initial thought on this accommodation business is in some ways positive. If it is viewed purely as a 'hostel' with an associated coffee shop, then it definitely has attributes (and I'll come back to those later). But if taken at face value on the basis of its tariff cost and amenities, both real and indicated, then there are several problems with it. The first is the way the premises is represented on the Trip com platform. Photographs of the double bedroom include one of a bathroom. The attached text description and its context makes the plain implication that the room has an ensuite bathroom, which it does not. If little scrutiny is applied when reading the description, this fact will escape the readers attention. Anyone looking to make a reservation quickly can easily be misled (inadvertently?) into believing that this is a 'hotel' style room. Many hostels do offer rooms with ensuite bathrooms after all. The bathroom is communal and is inconveniently located on the ground floor. Rooms are above this. A second related criticism is the room size description - 18 m sq is quoted. The room has dimensions of 3 x 3.5 m. That is, about 10 m sq ! Although late February is still peak season in Phuket, it has to be said that the room tariff of almost $60 AUD per night is exorbitant. It may be considered acceptable for a 18 m sq hotel style room, given the circumstances, but a room of this kind at this particular locality ought to be offered at a lower price. Having said this, I concede that the reservation was made late and in haste. Now onto the good things. The 10 m sq double bed room has old but high quality wooden furniture which serves its purpose well. The air conditioning is responsive and strong There is a large kitchen next to the bathroom/wash basin (trough). It's equipped with a large fridge, sink, cutlery etc as well as a coffee maker ( + ground coffee). A delicious banana cake was offered to guests. Clothes can be washed and dried via a coin operated machine. Other attributes include the woman owner/ manager who has a professional approach and an attitude very well suited to the hospitalality jndustry. The coffee shop also makes decent coffees and ham n cheese croissants.

I stayed in the 4 bed mixed dorm for 2 nights on the upper deck near the door. And the overall stay is pleasant. First of all. the iron rack itself is mounted in the wall. so there will be no shaky double decker and no noise when you climbing up and down. The space is kinda wide as well so you wont find yourself squeezing in a tiny bed. Aircon is well functioning but temperature is not controllable. A towel will be provided for the stay, together with a puffy pillow and blanket. It comes with a spacious locker that can accomocadate a big luggage. Entrance to the main door and your room door using card. like a hotel you will need to slide in the same card to the socket on the wall for electricity. There is a tiny washroom in the room. shower space and toilet bowl seperated by a nylon curtain. Need to mention their toilet bowl is pretty silent when flushing which make the stay even peaceful. While on the facilities, the common area pretty mucn looks the same in the photos. Beautiful and comfortable. However, the premise is built by a river, so there is quite some whiteflies(?) kind of insect flying around. Simple breakfast including bread and jam, cookies, coffee, black tea, fruit of the day, soup of the day etc. will be provided every day. I enjoyed their pumkin soup and black tea very much. Just sitting by the pool enjoying the breakfast is very satisfiying. The staff are welcoming and helpful. Communication in english is fluent. Do take note to inform the staff upon checkin if you preferred a down deck bed. no bed change allowed once you get you key. The stay is not directly located in the center of the town. walking to the center takes around 10~ minutes. a small mall located right opposite the building. a few restaurant in the mall that smells pretty good. Tops daily is also available in the mall, and 711 is at 5 minutes walking distance. Overall enjoyed the stay very much. Would consider to visit again. * p/s: P1,2-photo of the bed from google. just a bad habbit not taking photo of my bed. P3: Actual view taken at the pool. P4: Some pic at the old town.

********* the Burmese woman made the stay unpleasant and uncomfortable for myself and multiple other guests. @Owner, consider replacing this employee with a Thai person who has customer service skills. Promote someone in the group that comes in to cook breakfast and clean. Cleaning should be prioritized to a higher degree - the floors and bathrooms are cleaned once per day. There is black mold growing from standing water in the second floor bathroom. This place has potential to be great, but lack of management has it going downhill quick.

Even if it ended with a nice gesture, the receptionist handing me a keychain gift (not sure if they do that with all guests), with a written request to leave 10/10 review, sadly I couldn't ignore the shortcomings of this hostel that seemed like just a downgraded version of Marco Polo Poshtel (not sure which one came first, but from breakfast to ”funny” wall messages, there was a similar ”creative” signature). While I was initially attracted by reviews mentioning hostel's cleanliness, I couldn't say I shared the same opinion. Certain public areas were quite messy. The staircase to the first floor (where shoes are forbidden) didnt seem to be cleaned for some time. In the showers (which had a good water pressure), there was mold. None of the three handsoap dispensers in the only bathroom had soap in them. It just felt the staff doesnt have time or organizational skills to maintain everything in working order. But I was mostly surprised by finding a not clean (i dont want to call it ”used”) bed cover in my bed. It had some fresh stains, hair and crumbles (well, not just on bed cover), and seemed just to be folded after the guest before me (even the folding seemed messed up, so i really thought maybe the bed was forgotten). When I asked the housekeeping to change it, they initially approved. The younger housekeeper started changing everything, sheet included (which i believe is a good way to do it, when it is not certain if the bed was completely changed), but when the older one returned, she made her put the sheet back (the sheet that was thrown on the floor in the meantime), laughing all along. No, that wasnt really funny. Then instead of letting the young housekeeper put on the new bed cover she brought along, i noticed that the older one brought something that seemed to be the same old bed cover that i complained about (the duvet was already inside). When i asked if that is a new thing, she was convincing me it was. Already at that moment, i felt ridiculed. But i said, ”okay, if you say so.” After all was done, i came back to my bed, unfolded the bed cover and confirmed my doubt - all this performance of changing the bed, without them changing anything! The only difference was that the bedsheet was also on the floor in the meantime. This got me really frustrated, mostly because they lied to my face (what for?), and mostly because they invested energy in ”changing” everything while actually just stripping everything off and returning it (why? It takes the same amount of energy to do it for real). Feeling like an *****, i asked what seemed to be the problem? Dont they have clean bedding, or what? But they had. I asked them to give it to me then, and i would happily prepare the bed myself. Which they accepted. Lol. I dont know, with that poor breakfast, the visual mess, unpleasant ”toilet” scent at hostel entrance, and generally low level of cleanliness (you can see how yellow the pillow is once you remove the pillow case yourself), it felt that other reviews mentioning spotless hygiene were misleading. Or were my standards too high? In any case, i stayed in a dozen of Phuket hostels during my month here, but none of them tried to insult my intelligence. There are better places, and no, Dorm Hostel sadly doesnt deserve 10/10, to quote the request they tell everyone at check-out. I also tried to leave them space for hostel improvement, so instead of lowest marks, i left average ones, even if the experience was truly below average. P.S. When a guest asks whether a ferry with a pick-up operates everywhere in Phuket, a genuinely helpful answer would be ”yes”. And not ”no, it's only our hostel's pickup”. I understand everyone just tries to earn money, but it shouldn't be done by misleading guests who just trustfully ask for information.

De kamer ziet er goed uit en is schoon. Hij ligt vlakbij het oude stadscentrum, dus je kunt er comfortabel rondlopen. Er is een koffiebar in het gebouw. ​​Het enige nadeel is dat de vloer dun is en veel lawaai maakt als je erop loopt. Mensen die moeite hebben met slapen of gevoelige oren hebben, kunnen wakker schrikken.

De accommodatie ligt op ongeveer 15 minuten lopen van de luchthaven van Phuket. Er zijn meerdere gedeelde badkamers voor mannen en vrouwen, maar de slaapkamers zijn erg vol, waardoor het tot 1 uur 's nachts lawaaierig is voordat het rustiger wordt. Als je van rust houdt, is dit misschien niet de juiste plek voor jou.

Dit was mijn terugkeer naar dit hostel en ik moet zeggen dat ik teleurgesteld was. De vorige keer, op een ander platform, gaf ik het een 8/10, maar nu denk ik dat ik te genereus was. Naast het glimlachende, maar niet goed Engels sprekende personeel (en glimlachen lost problemen niet altijd op zoals een geïnformeerde actie), en de betaalbare prijs, was het moeilijk om al die voordelen te vinden waarvan ik dacht dat dit hostel ze had. De warmwaterdispenser werkte niet, maar zelfs koud drinkwater was niet beschikbaar - ik moest het personeel 3 keer vragen of iemand de machine kon bijvullen. Maar de volgende ochtend was het weer leeg - er zou een systeem moeten zijn en niet rekenen op gasten die het personeel achterna zitten om het te repareren wanneer de watertank leeg is. Ik zeg achterna zitten omdat er zelden iemand bij de receptie is. Ze zijn misschien de kamers aan het schoonmaken (veel succes met het vinden ervan), maar eerlijk gezegd waren de kamers niet zo schoon. Vloeren baden om gedweild te worden, stof in de badkamerventilator wilde ook weg... er zat zelfs een duidelijk zichtbare vlek op mijn laken toen ik incheckte, maar het personeel verving het laken onmiddellijk (ze hadden het misschien kunnen zien toen ze het bed de eerste keer opmaakten? De kluis werkte niet, dus het personeelslid moest een mes gebruiken om het te laten werken. De andere opbergruimte zat ook vol met wat kruimels, ik neem aan dat het niet vaak op de schoonmaaklijst staat. De airconditioning in de kamer leek niet goed te werken. Er was altijd een gevoel dat de temperatuur te koud was, of de thermostaat nu op 18 of 25 graden Celsius stond, je vroor zelfs onder de deken. Privacygordijnen zijn nog steeds transparant (?), en de deuren van de kamer sluiten luidruchtig. De douche was meer een miezerregen - de waterdruk voldeed niet aan de basisvereisten. In de eerste douche was het niet eens warm. Ik stapte de t****e in, waar de verwarming beter werkte, maar je kon niet douchen met water dat praktisch alleen maar op je druppelde. Over het algemeen zijn er andere hostels in Phuket die vergelijkbaar geprijsd zijn en een betere service bieden.

Uitstekend hostel, heel dicht bij de oude stad, goede kamers, verlichtingsaansluitingen voor elk bed, handdoeken zijn aanwezig, er is een grote ruimte voor bijeenkomsten op de begane grond met tafels en banken, als je moet werken, is het daar supercomfortabel, en op de t****e verdieping is er een kleine gemeenschappelijke ruimte. Iedereen vond het leuk

Located between two bars, the door has the Sundiva logo on it to help guide you. I think most people who come to Sundiva have trouble finding it because of its small entrance, but it gets wider once you go inside. Great place overall!